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A unique and dynamic ensemble, Chamber Project Saint Louis explores the relationship between performers and audience by performing in intimate settings with programs ranging in style from classic chamber works by Mozart and Debussy to contemporary works by Libby Larsen and local composer Aaron Johnson.  Chamber Project has brought the audience closer to the music in venues such as the Danforth University Center at Washington University, the St. Louis Community College Chamber Music series at Meramec, The Chapel-A Sanctuary for the Arts, The Wine Press in the Central West End, and The Maryland Heights Community Center.
 
Chamber Project St. Louis is comprised of Jennifer Gartley, flute; Dana Hotle, clarinet; Adrianne Honnold, saxophone; and Laura Reycraft, viola, and collaborates with some of the top professional musicians in the St. Louis area including pianists Peter Henderson and Nina Ferrigno, harpist Megan Stout, and cellist Valentina Takova.
The four founding members of Chamber Project Saint Louis are active as orchestral musicians and have performed with the Saint Louis Symphony, Illinois Symphony, New World Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra.  They are also committed educators, serving on the faculties of Maryville University, McKendree University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri St. Louis, and the Community Music School of Webster University.  
 
Highlights of the 2009-2010 season included the world premiere of Flash by Aaron Johnson at the North American Saxophone Alliance's Biennial Conference, a performance of Stephen Prina's Modern Movie Pop at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and a collaboration with the Ashleyliane Dance Company at COCA in April.